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GUWAHATI(PTI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday stoked a controversy by claiming that all the four recipients of this year’s Padma awards from the state were selected at the “behest of some BJP leaders”. “None recommended by the state …

The sessions courts in Surat and Ahmedabad on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel’s bail applications till February 1 and February 2, respectively, after the police sought more time to file replies. On January 22, Hardik, …

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday expelled senior leader and Harbour constituency MLA Pala. Karuppiah from the party for “going against” its principles. Karuppiah has been “removed from all posts including primary membership for going against party principles and bringing …

New Delhi(PTI): Virtually kicking off BJP’s campaign for the coming assembly poll in West Bengal, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday attacked Trinamool Congress government on the issue of law and order saying that women, people and even policemen …

Ahmedabad: Putting aside the Bihar debacle, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Sunday lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and expressed confidence that the party will win the state Municipal Co-operation elections just like the 2014 …

Showing serious concern over rampant use of illegal money in the ongoing Bihar state assembly polls, the Election Commission has directed all agencies to make all round efforts with real-time intelligence sharing to monitor suspicious transactions. As the election process …

Bangalore: Award-winning author Shashi Deshpande on Friday resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council expressing “a sense of strong disappointment” over the literary body’s silence on the killing of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi. In her letter to Akademi chairperson Vishwanath …

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday ordered probe and seizure of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu’s book on sex tips to students. His book was being taught in some government schools in Kondagaon of Chhattisgarh. There is furore in …